Use of geometry for spatial reorientation in children applies only to symmetric spaces

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 490-498

  Lew, Adina R ^a   Gibbons, Bryony ^a   Murphy, Caroline ^a   Gavin Bremner, J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 77952726094     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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